{"id":2718,"date":"2022-10-19T13:54:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T17:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/?p=2718"},"modified":"2022-10-19T13:56:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T17:56:51","slug":"fourth-period-efficient-or-overrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/fourth-period-efficient-or-overrated\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Period: Efficient or Overrated?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Connor Hawthorne, Staff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is there any difference between having a class every day, or every other day but twice as long? The students and staff of River Hill think so. According to students and staff, having a class fourth period may be detrimentally impacting the learning of the students involved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evan Trost, a sophmore, explains why. \u201cIn fourth period the class has to be condensed and goes faster, it almost feels rushed sometimes.\u201d Mrs. Allshouse, a RHHS math teacher, agrees: \u201cThere’s definitely a difference between how quickly material is presented.\u201d She explains that, \u201cOftentimes the fourth period classes don\u2019t get a chance to start homework in class, or they may not have as much time for classwork in class.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to many of the students, the subject of the class has a profound impact on the effect the fourth period schedule has. Caitlin Foot, a sophomore, agrees: \u201cEspecially with math it’s a lot harder to miss one day and recount all the content.\u201d Among the students interviewed, math and world language classes are by far the most unpopular to have every other day. Mrs. Allshouse explains why they may be abhorred: \u201cThose courses you need to practice every day to keep up your skills.\u201d  Learning math or a  foreign language requires students to practice every day, a luxury not afforded with fourth period classes that meet every other day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senor Wolters, a member of River Hill\u2019s Spanish department, believes that instruction is less effective during fourth period due to the attention span of students \u201cThe brain can only master an hour’s worth of content, whether you have an hour or an hour and a half [of time].\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the fourth period presents such a challenge to both students and teachers alike, why do we even have it? For our current scheduling method, having a class every other day seems to be necessary to fit lunch into every student’s day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many students believe that they should be able to choose which class they have fourth period, since it affects their learning so severely. Evan Trost is in favor of having an elective fourth period, \u201cwe should have electives fourth period, because electives might not be as important as the core classes.\u201d Mrs Allshouse agrees with this idea in theory, but says it would be realistically unfeasible. \u201cThey just can\u2019t, there’s no way to get all of those classes out of the block.\u201d In order to be able to fit lunch into everyone’s schedule, fourth period is a necessity. Unfortunately, it seems like the fourth period is here to stay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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